ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOUR INCL. W. KEITH NEAL COLLECTION
Catalogue Information: 364 lots | 308 with images
Lot 1: A SPANISH SPORTING PLUG BAYONET, AND A BAYONET FOR A D.B. SPORTING GUN
The first circa 1800, the second late 18th Century The first with straight double-edged blade stamped on one side of the ricasso with the gold-lined punz¢n of Antonio Roxo, fluted iron quillons, horn grip, and original iron-mounted scabard covered wi [...more]
Lot 2: TWO ENGLISH MILITARY PLUG BAYONETS
Late 17th Century The first with double-edged blade of flattened diamond section (some pitting) struck with a latten-filled mark on one side of the ricasso, cast and chased gilt-brass mounts, putto terminals on the pommel and quillons, and rootwood g [...more]
Lot 3: AN ENGLISH MILITARY PLUG BAYONET
Dated 1686 With single-edged blade double-edged towards the point, struck on each side with a king's head mark and on one with a latten-filled bladesmith's mark, a dagger, the ricasso incised with foliage and the inscription 'God Save King Jam (sic) [...more]
Lot 4: AN ENGLISH OFFICER'S BACKSWORD
Circa 1680 With straight blade double-edged at the tip with broad full-length fuller on each side, iron hilt with asymmetrical side-rings each filled by pierced steel plates retaining faint traces of gilding and each linked by a scroll to the knuckle [...more]
Lot 5: A LOCHABER AXE, AND A BILL HEAD
The first probably circa 1700, the second by Woolley, Deakin, Birmingham, early 19th Century The first with flat blade with crescentic cutting edge, and integral collar at the back and a further applied collar (incomplete) near its base, the plain ha [...more]
